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Jason Ball (Australian footballer)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1972}}

{{distinguish|Jason Ball (activist)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jason Ball

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|21|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Swan Districts

| position = Forward, ruckman

| careerhighlights = * West Coast Premiership 1994

| height = 201 cm

| weight = 104 kg

| years1 = 1991-1999

| club1 = Swan Districts

| games_goals1 = 61 (102)

| years2 = 1992-1999

| club2 = {{AFL WC}}

| games_goals2 = 103 (114)

| years3 = 2000-2005

| club3 = {{AFL Syd}}

| games_goals3 = {{0}}90 {{0}}(45)

| games_goalstotal = 254 (261)

}}

Jason Ball (born 21 November 1972) is a former Australian rules football player with the West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|29}}

The ruckman made his AFL debut for West Coast in 1992, and went on to play 103 games for them, scoring 114 goals, being part of the 1994 premiership side and winning the 1995 leading goal-kicker award. He was traded to Sydney after the 1999 season and went on to play 90 games for them. During the 2005 finals series, he announced he would retire at the end of the season. Sydney then reached the grand final, and Ball ended his career on a high note, winning his second premiership, against his former club.

Statistics

:{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jason_Ball.html|title=Jason Ball|publisher=AFL Tables}}

{{AFL player statistics legend/ruckman}}

{{AFL player statistics start/ruckman}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 29 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 4.0

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 29 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 2.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.0

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

|style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1994†

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 26 || 16 || 10 || 8 || 131 || 75 || 206 || 63 || 15 || 58 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 8.2 || 4.7 || 12.9 || 3.9 || 0.9 || 3.6

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 26 || 22 || 48 || 35 || 208 || 87 || 295 || 128 || 14 || 38 || 2.2 || 1.6 || 9.5 || 4.0 || 13.4 || 5.8 || 0.6 || 1.7

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 26 || 13 || 25 || 13 || 110 || 53 || 163 || 66 || 9 || 35 || 1.9 || 1.0 || 8.5 || 4.1 || 12.5 || 5.1 || 0.7 || 2.7

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 26 || 14 || 7 || 6 || 87 || 81 || 168 || 58 || 21 || 55 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 6.2 || 5.8 || 12.0 || 4.1 || 1.5 || 3.9

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 26 || 20 || 20 || 11 || 178 || 109 || 287 || 89 || 13 || 218 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 8.9 || 5.5 || 14.4 || 4.5 || 0.7 || 10.9

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999

|{{AFL|WC}}

| 26 || 16 || 4 || 4 || 100 || 75 || 175 || 65 || 7 || 135 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 6.3 || 4.7 || 10.9 || 4.1 || 0.4 || 8.4

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 27 || 9 || 9 || 7 || 47 || 22 || 69 || 25 || 8 || 21 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 5.2 || 2.4 || 7.7 || 2.8 || 0.9 || 2.3

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 27 || 20 || 24 || 8 || 198 || 125 || 323 || 101 || 22 || 193 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 9.9 || 6.3 || 16.2 || 5.1 || 1.1 || 9.7

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 27 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 27 || 17 || 7 || 7 || 125 || 90 || 215 || 85 || 22 || 261 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 7.4 || 5.3 || 12.6 || 5.0 || 1.3 || 15.4

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 27 || 23 || 3 || 4 || 136 || 119 || 255 || 66 || 43 || 389 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 5.9 || 5.2 || 11.1 || 2.9 || 1.9 || 16.9

|-

|style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|2005†

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 27 || 21 || 2 || 2 || 107 || 77 || 184 || 73 || 25 || 285 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 5.1 || 3.7 || 8.8 || 3.5 || 1.2 || 13.6

|- class="sortbottom"

! colspan=3| Career

! 193

! 159

! 106

! 1432

! 915

! 2347

! 822

! 202

! 1694

! 0.8

! 0.5

! 7.4

! 4.7

! 12.2

! 4.3

! 1.0

! 8.8

|}

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